Black and Burgundy

I took a little break from custom work and did something I have had in mind for a while. I started by embroidering a tallit blessing in dark cherry red on black dupioni silk. I then edged the atarah with a burgundy dupioni that's a little darker than the embroidery but harmonizes well. I selected an ivory dupioni silk for the background and added two stripes of black and burgundy at each end of the tallit. The result is striking. I have never seen a tallit quite like this before. I liked it so much that I started wearing it myself and made another one for the shop.

Size: 19 x 74 inches.

Bar Mitzvah in Jamaica

Here is a bright green, yellow, and red color scheme for a Bar Mitzvah in Jamaica. To get the full impact of the colors, I made two stripes, each with the three colors, and, to tie it all together, I repeated the three colors in the atarah. The base fabric is a natural white silk noil (raw silk), and the stripes are dupioni silk.